THE VOLUNTEER
John B, DrixttoUiEilltor nnd Proprietor*
CARLISLE, JULY 7, 1853.
DBUOORATIO NOMINATIONS.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
THOMAS H. FORSYTH,
07 PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL.
EPHRAIM BANKS,
or UIFFLIN COUNTY.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J, PORTER BRAWLEY,
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY.
lisle, tor 1853.
Orphan’s.
Tuesday, August 30.
Tuesday, November 1.
Tuesday, Decembers?,
Courts at Carl
SBBBIOR9 A.ND OVER AND
Terminer.
Monday, August 23.
Monday, November 14.
Standing Committee Meeting,
The Democratic Standing Committed of Cum
berland county, are requested lo mod at (he public
house of Henry L. Burkholder, on
Saturday , Ju/y 16/A, 1853,
at 1 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of appointing
the time for holding the delegate elections and the
assembling of a County Convention to nominate
a county ticket to be voted for by the democratic
party of Cumberland county.
Three of the Committee.
July 7, 1653.
The following named gentlemen compose the
Standing Committee of Cumberland county, for
the present year:
Lower Alien, Goo, Ernsi; Upper Allen, J. W.
Cocklin; Carlisle, E. W., Ephraim Cornman; W.
W., Samuel Ensminger; Dickinson, D. L. Beel
man; Eaalpennsborough, Chas. A. Dolson; Frank
ford, Jas. B. Brown; Hopewell, Capt. D. Wherry,
Hampden, David Hume; Mechanicshurg, Edward
I.amont; Monroe, James Burlneti; Mifilin, Robert
Middleton; Nowville, Ab. Killian; Newton, Win.
Ruth; North Middleton, John Kilch; New Cum
berland, V. Feetnan; Silver Spring, John (’lea
denin', South Middleton, S. llupley; Southampton,
James R. Kelso; Slnppensburg Borough, John
Siambaugh; Shippensbura township, Hugh Craig;
Westpennsborough, Maj. Sami. Tnit.
Appointed.— Wo arc glad to (corn that .Mr. Col
lector Brown hastcndircd our worthy townsman
Captain John Goodyear, a Clerkship in the Custom
House at Philadelphia. Tills is a most excelled mid
popular appointment, and will bo gratifying not only
to the democracy of Cumberland count v, but also to
bis many warm personal friends. Tho Captain from
his youth up has been a consistent and reliable dem
ocrat, and has always “stood up lo tho rack, fodder
or no fodder.'’
Mr. Jackson, a distinguished lecturer on llio sub
ject of Temperance, la expected to address ihe
ciliiena of%imberlaDd county on Saturday the IGih
lost., in tho Methodist Episcopal Church of tins,
borough, at 10 o’clock, A. M. The principal object
of this visit Is lo define distinctly the grounds which
Temperance men wish lo assume in tho approaching
election in this Slate. All who feel interested in
this matter arc invited to attend.
In Town.—Gen-Seth Clover ono of the Canal 1
Commissioners, visited our town on Monday last '
He looks wall, and appears lo bo in the enjoyment
of excellent health His business was of a private
nature.
TatETM Adol't.— At an oariy hour on Thurs
day morning last, a young colored lad, named Uei-l,
was detected in the act of purloining various arii
clesofsmaii va/uo from the premises of Afisa .Mart
McGursis, in this borough, ife wo# pcrmitled to
escape, and subsequently made on attempt upon'
the watch-maker shop of Mr. Ephraim Steel, but
being surprised in the net, managed to effect his 1
escape. |
Our citizens should be coicfui to guard
the operations of designing prowlers, who, upon one '
pretext or -Another, obtrude themselves upon their
premises. If they do not, they may discover, when
too late,the loss of wearing uppuu l, poulliy, and
perhaps articles of greater value.
Beef Cattle—Prime, fat beef cattle pass daily
through our streets, on their way from the West to
the markets in the Eastern cities, where beef at the
present lime commands a very high price—choice
cuts selling from 15 to 16} cents per pound. In our
own market, good be of sells at 10 cents per pound,
snd the butchers hero find it difficult to purchase fat
cattle at almost any price, dealers preferring to drive
them to the East, whore they are bought in lots hy
•peculators. We have no doubt ibo farmers of the
interior of this Stale would find it profitable to do
vole more of their lirno and attention to the raining
end fattening of cattle, as slock of (hat description
if a/ways a ready and cash Bala.
John Welsh, E«q.. She? iff of Westmoreland cmn
ty, died at his residence in Grcensburg. on Thursday
evening, Junw23j. Il 0 was elected Sheriff of that
'county last full, and was an estimable man, much
beloved by bis fellow citizens.
tO“Tho editor of the Perry Fuenian mentions the!
name of lion. Frederick Watts, of this borough, in I
connection with the Whig nomination for Judge of
the Supreme Court, in place of the lute Judge (>id
•on. Judge Watts is a gentleman of gro.it legal at
tainments, and would bo an ornament to the bench
of (ho Supremo Court, yet wo think hois endowed
with too much prudence and good sense to accept
the imply honor of a Whig nomination.
fTFA correspondent of the Harrisburg Keystone
urges upon the democracy of Dauphin county, tlio
propriety of nominating John Wvrtii, Ebij , of Har
risburg, as a suitable candidate fur the Assembly.—
Mr. Wyoth is a gentleman of fmo abilities, great
business talents, strict moral and political integrity,
and is a sound and consistent Democrat. Ilia nom
ination and election would confer honor upon (lie
people of Dauphin county, and bo highly advanla
geous to the interests of the Commonwealth.
Iter, sumo Iwn months ngo, a statement, which wo
find from a very good source, to llio effect that go-
Thi Fuanblin.— The permanent Record of the ano W ob d preventive of the fly in wheat, and advised
Newt and Politict of the World —Lillie, Son At Co., oul formers to try llio experiment. Some of our
of Boston, have Issued proposals for a weekly journal jjonlcmporarics, however, nt llio lime, denied llio
of 33 largo quarto pages, under the above lillo.at virluca of guano os o provontivo oftly, and inetanood
•5.00 per year,that promises (• be one of llio best BoV crul fields in their respective neighborhoods upon
journals over published In the country. The "Liv- which it hod been freely used, ond In which the
Mg Age, published by the same gentlemen, has for wheal had boon com plctcly riddled by (hat destruo-
JMM presented to Ibo American public the choicest { j vo inavcl. Finding ourselves out-voted wo said no
lUtralure 0 'j 1 Now World, and wc may moro . biil quietly yielded to the opinions of (ho ms
•ipeo I o ran n, to bo in contompornry his jorily. However, at llio some time, wo could not
lor», general politics and social philosophy 3 . . . . . . .. .
...f lm . „ P*'y. wi»ai the ' help thinking that Iho guano had not boon applied
••Living Ago” is In current literature. Wo wish • .
«».i - w,,l ‘ iin « judictoua manner, ond behoved then, and do
Inii now magazine over; success. , J ,
j still, that this excellent manure, when properly op-
Imprisonment op Colored Seamen. U U staled'. (died, in n timi rale preventive of fly in wheat. In
that the Dfiliih government hoe abandoned the case,l proof of the corructuoßs of our opinion, wo will slate
Instituted some lime since, to lost the law of South that a fanner upon the Ocloraro has said, that ho
Caroline imprisoning colored seamen. Orders have noticed, in several holds whore guano was used, an
teen received at Charleston, through the British entire exemption from the ravages ofthis insool, but
Minister, to pay off the counsel, and not prosecutejthe most remarkable insionco of It occurred in a
tlipeaeSiai was intended, before the Unilcd Stales 1 hold in his neighborhood, one half of which was
Supreme Court,a decision having boon already given covered with guano, and the other half with stable
In favor ol the law by a Court In Charleston. I manure. The latter was almost devoured by th o fly,
The Carlisle Post Oflloo.
Removal. —The Editor of this paper, having been
appointed Postmaster of Carlisle, entered upon the
discharge of the duties of the office on Friday last,
the Ist inst., and removed it to tho three story brick
building on South Hanover street, immediately op
posilo tho- Volunteer printing office, and in which it
was formerly kept by Captain Sanderson, whore it
Is now permanently located. We have appointed
Henry W, Mateer, Esq., and Mr. George McFeely
our Assistants, who, having been duly qualified ac
cording to law, have entered upon tho discharge of
their duties.
To Nathaniel Hantcii, Esq, our gentlemanly
predecessor in the office, and la Mr. George 8. Sea
right, his obliging Assistant, wo are under many and
lasting obligations for their kind and courteous at
tentions towards us, and for the great amount of
necessary information in relation lo the duties of the
office which wo received from (hem. It is but right
and proper lo say, that in the management of the
affairs of the office, Mr. flanlch gave general satis
faction, and was a popular and obliging officer. In
his retirement, ho carries with him tho good wishes
of all oar citizens.
High School Exhibition.
The exhibition of the Mala and Female High
Schools on Thursday evening last, in Education
Hail, was a very creditable affair, and reflected groat
honor upon tho young ladies and gentlemen who
participated in the exorcises of tho evening. AI- 1
though the weather was intensely warm, the largo j
hall was densely crowded with on intelligent nudi-
| once ofeitizens and strangers, and many were una
j bio to obtain seals or even standing room. Tho
{ pieces and dialogues selected for tho occasion were
I chaste, instructive and appropriate, and some of
j them exceedingly amusing, and the speakers, male
j and female, without exception, did justice to tho
1 parts allotted them. In those annual exhibitions,
I wo have noticed of late years an evident and dccid
■ eel improvement in the manner, matter and elocution \
{of the different speakers, and (ho nasal twang and:
| tiresome drone of the raw school boy have given J
J place to the free, natural and unembarrassed case
land coif possession of the practiced speaker. In
| deed, the matter of some of tho speeches, and the
{ grace and diction uf their delivery, would have done
j honor to seminaries of far higher pretentions. Wo
J have heard but ono opinion expressed by those who
I wore present at this exhibition, and that was ono of:
unfeigned delight and pleasurable surprise at the
j greal proficiency of the scholars. I
Great credit is duo lo Mr. and Mrs, Downing, tho
tea a Iters of the Ma lo and Female H igh Schools, for
their unremitting exertions, and tho care they have
taken of the education of tho pupils commiled to
their charge.
The Fourth. — Monday last the 4th inst., although ‘
not marked by any striking public demonstration, 1
was pretty generally observed by our citizens as a 1
holiday. The Bj nk, stores, public offices, and places
of business were for the most part closed, and tho
day was permitted to glide away in a quiet ond or
derly manner. Those who had the wherewithal to
spare, betook themselves to the Carlisle Sulphur
Springs, and to Ruplet's at tho Boiling Springs, at
both of which places, wo are informed, they were
entertained in a most sumptuous and hospitable
I manner. Quite a number of persons spent (ha day
ion the banks of the Conodoguinil in fishing, gun- 1
i ulng, battling, and other amusements, and wo should I
.think enjoyed themselves as rationally and far less
expensively than those who visited more fashionable I
resorts. Wo had almost forgot to mention, that du '
' ring the day, the old Infantry company, under tho
command of Lieut. Robert McCartney, paraded
i | through the streets, and although I lie turn out was
| small, the men looked well, the music was excellent,
nnd (he firing of the beet description. And in Ibis
manner was celebrated in Carlisle nnd its neighbor
hood [ho sever ly-scvcnlh anniversary of American i
j independence. I
A Nf.w Pater. —Wo have received the first
number of a new democratic paper, just established j
in Uloomfield, Perry county. Pa , entitled th«“Atf-j
im cate an r l Press.” It is under the editorial con
trol of Joiiv dlet, Esq., and is indeed a
coircct and beautiful specimen of typography. In
1 the getting up of his paper, the editor, who Is n
practical printer, displays (act, talent and Industry
and we hive no doubt that, in a pecuniary point of
view, his efforts will bo crowned with success. The “No one can pa*s an hour with him without be-
Advocate and Press is of the largest country size, * n S impressed with the conviction trial frank
. , , . i,i <•. . ,a,i Pierce is a man of marked traits of character—sa
pnnlcd on good type and the finest paper. Jho . . .
* ° J ‘ 11 i nacrous and discriminating—quick to perccivpand
selection, in the numiier lioCorc ns arc of the very j promp , , 0 act—always roaily lo lislen lo advice—
first order, and the edilori ris arc written with much [bat possessed of a strong will and firm mind.—
ability. The editor says the Advocate and Press will, There is a peculiar expression about riia eyes, in
bo “radically and uncompromisingly democratic.” j dicativo of the character of the man as developed
Win Ist wo ,*uml to Mi. ShciWey the ii B hl hand ai " ce llls ■""<•!?•• raj>on. Il [a that—bo lo >|ie»k—
I ~,, .. , , ~ . of a person who knows hi-uself thoroughly.'ond
of fellowship, and cordia y welcome him into the I , ' r „„ . • , , ~ *7 J .
i 1 J w hat is ol equal importance, knowe those by whom
'ranks editonal, we cannot nTrain from expressing |, e jg surrounded. Ho who aspires to overreach
' the hope that his paper, instead of weakening or Frank Pierce must rise early in the morning."
distracting,may bo the instrument of strengthening
a lid uniting the indomitable democracy of gallant
lilt le Perry
The Wheat Harvest, &.c.—The farmers of Cum
berland county have, for mure than two weeks past,
been busily engaged in cutting and gathering in the
harvest, nnd Irom all that wo cun learn, the crops of
wheat will bout least on average one, and its quuli.
ty unusually good. Notwithstanding the reports ,
| raised and circulated sumo weeks since by Interested
(•peculators os lo the depredations of the ‘•fly' 1 and
••joint worm,” the crops in every section of the covin
try, so tar as wc have yet beard,will bo as abundant
| and the quality os good as were those of former
| years. It is true, some fields have suffered by trio I
1 fly and mil-dew, but ibis is u yearly occurrence, nnd
will not materially effect ciliter the interests of trio
former or produce a scarcity of I Ills great agricul'
tural produce of trio country. There is also, we
lo.irn, a fine yield of rye, and bolMtho full and spring
barely are excellent crops
The Into refreshing rains, 100, liavo produced the
■ usual effect in promoting trio growth of corn, oats,
1 grass, potatoes, and vegetation of every kind, and
from present u ppcarnnces, the husbandman will have
[ u rich return in the fruits o( the oar ill fur hi# patient
and incessant labor.
Guano and tub Fi.t. — Wo published in the Volun■
while tho former was untouched. Wo should. like
to |iear from other farmers who have used guano in
wheat culture.' If it bo a remedy against the fly
the fact ought to bo made public.
IS IT SOI
Wo boo ifslalod, says the Heading Gazette, that
under on act of Assembly passed last winter, Banks
stocks arc exempted from the payment of corpora
tion, county, poor and school tax* The list of pub
lic and general laws, recently issued, contains noth
ing of this hind ; so that if such a Jaw was passed :
at all, it must have boon as an amendment to some
private bill—and very appropriately bo ; for the more
privately a Democratic Legislature makes lawsso
partial and unjust, the bettor for its own reputation.
Upon whit ground wo should like to know, have the
Slock holder of Banks been relieved from the pay
ment of the tones to which all other property ie
liable? They receive from ten to twelve per cent,
for their money, while that which is invested in real
estate often yields but four or five, or rarely nioro
than six per coni. This is “equalizing the buulcn
of taxation" with a vengeance ! We always thought
(hat the most productive property should boar the
heavies proportion ol lax. But it seems wo ore
bchinh the age ; the wisdom of our modern financiers
has reversed the rule. The rich capitalists, *ho
own nine tenths of our Bankstock, are to go free, so
far as taxes for local purposes are concerned ; and
the whole of this expense is saddled On the poor, and
; men in moderate circumstances, whoso property
\ consists mainly in real estate. True, the Banks pay
* pretty handsomely to the Slate, in one way and an
other ; but when they can divide ten and twelve per
coni, s year, clear of oil Stole lax, it is very
certain that tho privileges the Slate grants
J them, ore worth tho price at which they are bora
Ifilwcronol so, Bank charters would cease to be
in demand. But, pulling down the revenue the
Stale derives from the Banks at the highest figure,
wo imagine it falls short, by a considerable amount
|of the lax collected upon real estate. Where la the
Justice, (hen, in releasing Dank stocks from the piy
i mont of their fair proportion of tax, local and gen-
I oral, Stale and County 7 Wo confess ice cannot fpv
it—and the people—the hard working, lax ridden
common people, whoso earnings very rarely take
the shape of Bank slock—are doubtless as blind as
* wc. Can our Senator or Representatives—who,
J being Democrats, were bound by their pledges Id
legislate fur tho people, and not fur the moneyed m
; | lerest lull us why this law was passed, and by whose
(voles it was “pul through f"
]■ There a Whiff Pari}'.
Wo believe il is Mr. Greeley, soys the Wusliinginn
Union , who suggests the abandonment of the wlnj
organization, as after all the bettor way to tgoufe
;down iho Democratic parly. There is some method
iin this apparent madness. To instigate oil the sec
tions to operate, each upon his own impulse, and (u
hang upon the flank of the grand column of tlie|
Democratic parly, is a plan certainly worth trying
after the successful experiments of iho Tartars, the ■
Cossacks, and the Spanish and Spanish-Maxiem j
gucrilas. There Is Iho advantage in (he scheme:
As each band of assailants is to act, as it worc.aputi J
its own hook, to acknowledge no ruler but its own
chief, and no code of morals but the spoi fa, so there}
will bo none of tiro disagreeable consequence* about 1
principles which have always afflicted and broken
any great combinal ion of whigs. Each organization
can have its own especial creed ; each advocate its
1 own favorite dogma; eocli its own favorite; each
j its own foe or foes ; and none is to bo responsible for
, the acts of another. The game has, however, one
j little drawback. Greeley will bo able lu bring into
- tho field more fanatics and abolitionists, with the
aid of Mr. Sow-nd and bis staff, than all tho difcor.
j regiments and divisions combined, and will*cftii.
| muster and on(-mancBuvro (hem oil when (hop Some
1 to the decisive coup d' elal upon Iho adinini strslion
of General Pierce. J
Change of Opinion,
We learn from the Rochester advertiser, that a
Whig appears in the columns of the Newark Ra
gle, who says he wrote much and Rpoko more
against Franklin Pierce while a candidate for the
Presidency; but since the object of his assaults has
boon installed in the While House he has visited
him, and has changed his opinion entirely. In
proof of which the writer says
A Contrast for the Times.
Tito eloquent silence of tho contrail between a
good and a bad action in. perhaps, llio best argument
in favor of llio (mill. Far instance, take up the four
yean of democratic rule, which began in 1845 ond
ended in 1649, and then lake up the four years im
mediately succeeding, and what a lemon the exam
ination loaches to the world! what triumphant re
sults reward tire inquiring mind ! what a moral it
present* for llio contemplation of our countrymen!
and above and beyond all, bow forcibly the contrast
proves that when democratic principles aro.ippUocl
Iby Democratic statesmen, and adhered to tuo end
with unflinching pulionco and fortitude, the sequel
is sure to bo one to arouse the admiration of- liberal
men all over the world. r l.
In a word, the contrast between llio democratic
administration of James K. Tolk.-aud UiO W44g ad*
minialrution of Taylor and Fillmoio, is a stronger
proof, on (bo ona hand, of the value and Ibd of de
mocratic principles, and, on the oilier, of virtue
tendencies of whig dogmas, than could bo elicited
in any discussion, however able , profound, and mas
lorly.
Indians. —The St. Paul's (Minnesota) Democrat of
llio Blit inst says Gov. Gorman has been successful
In an interview with the Sioux and other Indians,
with the object of securing their removal up tho
Minnesota rivor. The Democrat says it is a con
summation which will bo hailed with great joy, os
U lias been llio impression (tint they could not bo re*
moved without the aid of military force.
A letter from Major John C. Ilenahaw, of (ho U.
S. army,dated at Fort Arbucklo on Dm 15l!i of May,
eaya that (ho report of an attack on Fort Arbucklo
is untrue. There had not boon oven sqmblanco
of hostile feeling shown by any of the tubes (hat
havo habitually visited the fort since Its establish,
mont.
Later prom Utah Territory.—Several persons while constantly denying St, may bo followed with
Si.v, arrived at Independence, Mo., from Utah. Tl.ov fearfi.l coo.e n gencea to l.craalf, and sho may di.oover
. i . that while she has been seeking to undermine others,
left on the 21st of April last, and loporl every thing B j JO j )QB | OBl w |, u 'i wnß 0 f much more consequence to
prosperous in (hat territory. Emigration was got. |,or than (ho doubtful honors of a Vuin and impotent
ling along well, with the exception of being rather attempt to sow the soods-of discord among a happy
crowded beyond lire jnnelienef.be Northern and people, and the frullle.. do. gn of planting her fla S
oruwuou uu;u. m j .... unnn now acquisitions on the American continent.
Southern routes. Tlio bitmll pox liad broken out jj u j wo (rua i Englund will see the wisdom of modi
among the Indians, and from what t hoy could learn, fyhsr policy upon this dimtinont, and will trout
neurone thousand must have died with it from each us fairly us wo have always (routed her.”
tribe of the Cheyenne and the Slwshoncs or Snakes.' *l*llo Alabama papers are ogit-iling the question
Some three hundred of these dead bodies Wore piled of the erection of a monument to (ho memory of the
lin one house, and the house*set on fire. ( lalo Vico President King.
TUB STATE FAIR.
From all that we.hear, tho Pennsylvania Stale
Fair, which is to be held in Pittsburgh in Septem
ber next, promises to be a very interesting and
splendid affair. Extensive preparations have al
ready been made for the accommodation of all
visiters who may attend, and although this exhi
bition mAy not be on as grand and extensive a
scale-as the New York Crystal Palace Exhibition,
wo have no doubt it will give more general satis
faction. Not only will Pennsylvania bo largely
represented,' but Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and
other States, will send full delegations, and many
' of tho finest specimens of their productions, as
[ well as much of the handicraft of their citizens.—
The Pittsburgh 'Morning Post , In noticing the pro-
Rotations for the Fair, says: “We hope that the
( citizens of Pittsburgh, and the people of Pennsyl
vania generally, will not overlook the fact that the
next Stale Fair will be held at this city, on the
( 27th, 28th, 29th,and 30lh daysof September next.
Wo are fully authorized to say that the most ex
tensive arrangements are being made for the pur
pose of Insuring a full attendance on that Interesl
' ing occasion.
We learn from good authority, that the citizens
of the neighboring Stales are actively engaged in
making arrangements to be fully represented nl
the Pennsylvania Stale Fair. The city of Balti
more will send a largo collection of agricultural
implements, and it is determined, If possible, to
take the prize in that line of industry. Ohio will
bo here in all her wealth and glory; and the “hun
ters of Kentucky” will bring up their fine horses
and cattle to astonish us old-fashioned Pennsylva
nians. Of course that big vase will bo here from
Wheeling, to excite the envy of all our workers in
glass. The Now Yorkers and Michiganders will
also be fully represented.
Pittsburghers! you must wake up, or else you
may be beaten at your own doors, in the exhibi
tion of useful and ingenious articles, by the skill
ed workmen of other cities. Pennsylvanians !
you musl not allow the farmers of the surrounding
States to excel you in the production of sheep,
cattle and horses. To one and all we would say,
bring in your very best articles tor exhibition, so
as to make ihe Pair as attractive as possible.—
i Every farmer and mechanic in Pennsylvania
should, if possible, contribute something to this
grand exhibition.
Want Finds a Supply,
We copy the following from tho Montgomery
Ledger, tho editor of which devotes much lime and
apace in advocating and promoting tho great and
(rue interests of farmers, and bringing into nolico
the inventions of practical and scientific men. Tho
article is just and appropriate, onO should bo pon
dered well by agriculturalists :
Necessity is truly the mother ofinvention. Il is (
pleasing to contemplate, how genius supplies tho
! wants of the country. A few years ago, the fanner,
j found lire labor of threshing to bo a “winter's job,”
I and in order to secure the laborer to do the work of
i threshing, and nid in the throng of harvest, they
j were compelled so hire more help during tho duller
seasons, than required, in order to have it at thubo
j tunes ns the laborer must have steady employment,
[ in order to live. To equalize the labor of Che season,;
wo then find tho Threshing Machine brought into
use. Now tho scarcity ofhands lo pci form the In
bora ol harvest, is universally complained of. Tho
laborer of the coontry, I* compelled to seek steady
employment, and cannot bo had for a fo* weeks in
this season only. To remedy this difficulty, the
practicability of rcoping and mowing machinery
has been ftucccssfully tested, and oro being rapidly
brought into use. A few years hence, and (ho cut*
ling of grass and grain will bo done by machinery,
as generally as the 1-ibur of threshing out grain is
, now performed. A trial of a mewing machine in
Bucks county,/has .given groat satisfaction the
( farmers who viewed the operation.
Supreme Court*
The tuto term of the Supremo Court for the Mid
die District, says the Harrisburg Keystone, termina
ted week before last. All the Judges were in atten
dance, and their dilligcnl attention to the duties they
were culled upon to discharge, won fur them the
approval of the members ol the bar. and of the
public. Thru next session will bo at Sunbury on
llio second Monday of July. Wo ore authorized hy j
them to say that all cares pending at Sunbury, from 1
counties which have been annexed to llio Eastern,l
Western and Middle Districts, hy llio acts of the J
Legislature al its last session, must be considered as
transferred to the districts to winch I lie y note belong.
None of those causes will be heard ut Sunbury. It
is the opinion of the Judges (hut tlio Jurisdiction of:
the Court al Sunlury lias been ousted by the acts of
Ascmbly icfcred to.
An irascible gentleman who does most decided*
ly not believe in spiritual tappings, writes to the
New York indignantly asking: “What are
wo coming to, when men of Mr. Tallmadoe’s
standing can believe that the spirit of John C.
Calhoun would condescend to return to the earth,
'in order to crawl under n table, feel any one’s
foot, boat a tattoo on iltu under side ol the table
with the lops of liarnl-he.lls, turn guitar player, and
bell ringer, and all al the command of three female
foxes ?''
Monument to a Pioneer. —On Wednesday
evening of last week, the citizens of Htmjsbunr
held a meeting in the Court House, to adopt mea
sures for erecting a monument over the grave of
John Harris, the first Bottler on the banks of the
Susquehanna rivor, and after whom has been chris.
tened tho town of Harrisburg, the present capital
lof tho Stale of Pennsylvania. Resolutions were
I adopted providing that o monument should boerec*
Ibd, enclosed by an iron fence, and appointing a
committed to carry out this determination, and
onother to solicit subscriptions.
Tna Cuban Slavs Trade—During tho Aral five
months of the present your, not lone than UU4O Afri
can bluvcs wcio landed in Cuba, from slave ships
Of those one cargo, numbering G'J7 staves, was ac.
tually consigned to Spanish Guvornrmuit officials,
notwithstanding the slave trade treaty wiih Great
Britain. Three oilier cargoes, numbering in nil
1475 slaves, were publicly sold ul auction. From
another cargo, it in said, the agent of the Quoon of
Spain brought 290 for her majesty. The Spanish
war steamer Isabel landed 30 /corn another cargo,
nnd a government marine office furnished launches
for landing G 97 negroes.
A Hint to Cheat Dritain.—The Washington
Union of a Mo dale contains a loading article which
concludes with this language:
“The lime may come, and IITSt soon, when Great
Britain will realize, to tier bitter cost, dial her per
severing and energetic nod unblushing interference
with die institutions of (ho United Stales, and the
Interest of die American people has not been the
most profitable investment she has made. Sho may
: then find that the example she has set to others, oven
Hon* Llim Boyd.
Wo see it stated in the Kentucky papers, says the
Washington Union, that there is no doubt about tho
nomination of Col. Boyd for re-ctcclion, and of his
return to tho House of Representatives. His stand,
ing.ln Congress for many years is best- understood
from'tho fuel that ho was chosen Speaker by (ho
House of Representatives. His -re-election will bo
highly gratifying to the democracy of I lib whole
country; ho has a fund of experience and practical
sense, combinod..wiih a scrupu'ous devotion to tho
public interests, which mnko him one of llio most
useful os well as one of tho ablest members of Con
gress.
Although somewhat behind tho time, in
compliance with tho request of the Committee, we
give place to the following preamble and resolu
tions. We would hero remark, that all commu
nications, &c., for insertion in our paper
should be forwarded directly to us, and with as
little delay as possible. Jf mailed , which wo
think doubtful, their former letter never reached
TRIBUTE OF pESPISOT.
At a meeting of the Students of the “ Cumber
land Valley Institute, 1 ’ Mechanicsburg, held for
the purpose of taking into consideration the sud
den death of P. W. Wolford, a Committee was
appointed, who reported 4he following preamble
and resolutions, which were unanimously adopt
ed :
Whereas, It has pleased almighty God tore
move suddenly from us, by a mysterious dispensa
tion of His providence, a beloved and worthy
member of our Institution, and one in whom were
blended those amiable qualities which endeared
him to ail his acquaintances ami students. There
fore,
Jiesohcd, That in the death of P. W. Wolford,
we have sustained a loss which words are inade
quate to express. In him wo recognized a stead
last friend, a worthy student, and « kind and
obliging Mend; and while we sympathize with
the afflicted family lor the loss of their soh and
brother, we cannot forgot nur own in being depri
ved of our mutual companion,
Jiesulvcd, That we lender to the mourning rela
tives of the deceased, oUr sympathies in their af
fl cl<on. and unite with them in the hope that our
loss is his gain.
Jiesulvcd, That as a tribute of respect to the
memory ol the deceased, we wear the usual badge
of mourning for the space of thirty days.
Hesulved, That a copy of these resolutions be
transmitted to the bcroov<d faintly, and presented
to the editors of the Volunteer, Herald, Gorman
Reformed Messenger, and tho &lar and Banner, ol
Gettysburg, for publication.
W. P. BAIRD,
11. 1. comfort,
G. W. ZINN,
I). E. KAST,
11. D. NICKS,
Cummillce,
Tint Fisheries.—The policy of the British Gov
eminent in so jealously watching encroachments up
on the fishing privileges of their 'Colonu s in North
1 America, has recoiled somewhat upon those whose
! interest U Was designed to protect Tho French, it
is well known, possess Ashing grounds in the
neighborhood of Miquelon. Tho movements of tho
British Government during tho past and present sea
nnna, have not been unobserved by tho French uu
’ihorilics. Wo learn from St. Johns, N. F., Dial 7or
>6 British provincial schooners, which were encroach
; ing upon tho French fishing grounds, have been
, driven away by French cruisers, before they h id ob
tained one-third their fares. The British ncliauncr
'Victory, which had also been poaching, arrived
at Pugwasli on the SGih ult., from Bay St. George,
1 j with only 500 bjrrch of herring, and a lugubrious
complaint that she “was driven off by French crui
sers.”
From St. Pierreo Miquelon, we learn that the
British War steamer Devastation, has recently been
in that quarter, making very minute surveya and
examinations of the headlands and lines of demar
cation, as laid down in treaties, probably with a view
of keeping the French vessels within their proper
limits.
With (ho feelings which formerly existed between
those two great nations, such n stale of ofTa irs might
have been the source of serious misunderstanding.
Boston AdxSer.
A Sip of Punch —launch very slanderously makes
use of tho following ;
“The sun is colled masculine from lira supporting
and sustaining tho moon, and in finding her the
withal to shine away ns nlio does of n night, and of
ins being obliged to keep such a family of stars be
sides. Tho rnoun is feminine, because she is con
Bluntly changing, just as a ship is blown about
,by every wind Tho church is feminine—.because
she is married to the Slate. And Tuna is inuscu
lino because bo is trifled with by all the ladies.
The Fisheries —The B »slon Trmscripl reiterates,
from personal knowledge, n statement u Inch has be
fore been made, (hat some of our fishing vessels will
this season go out armed and prepared to detcml the
rights secured to them by the fishery convention.
There cm bo no doubt dial in my of tho American
fishermen were last your ordered off, and their voyo.
ges broken up, or their vtsslca captured when lin y
were nut within three miles of I lie shore- This ins
. around a deep feeling of indignation among the par*
(jus ittleicslcd, and unless Guver- mint takes Immo
diate measures to protect (ho fishurics and to preserve
the peace, serious collision* may result.
Ai.i.roPD Bribery.— J B. Packer, E»q.. Dr. Gen.
Woiscr nnd Mr. Charles Weaver, the l.iilrr one (ho
present Commissioner of Northumberland rounly,
were or rested on Friday last, on a aim rgo of attempt
ing to bribe Christian Albert, one of llio Commis
sioners of iho same county, for (ho purpose of indu
cing him to give his official sanction towards n
subscription of $200,000 by the county of Northum
berland, to the slock of the Susquehanna railroad
company.
Hero is a nice spot of wotk If there li ony troth
in the allegation. Reluctant emnniissionors ore
spurred on to run counter to tho will of the people,
expressed by an overwhelming majority, and Ihoir
own conscience, by holding’ out pecuniary advan
tages of some kind nr other.
This la onother evidence how unsafe it is to con
fer power of Ibis kind, as indiscriminately «* it has
boon done for the lost few years.— Harrisburg Union.
Something to Think or.— The New York Courier,
under tins significant head, refers to (lie enormous
amount of crime committed in dial city :
It amounts in number to ns much os all the oilics
of England put together, and in atrocity far exceed*
ing it. The total number of Commitments for nil
kinds of offences In England and Wales during (ho
last seven years was one hundred and ninety four
thousand four hundred and Iwnnly*four, die total
number of arrests in Now York during the same
period was over two hundred thousand! The New
York police tables refer only to arrests, dioso of
England only to commitments. In Now York,
within (ho last year, seven executions for capital
cases have ocourod. In all England and Wales, for
the sumo period, there wero only nine, and yet the
population of the latter is nearly thirty times os
grout as that of Now York. It is lime (hut those
matters should bo scriounly and earnestly looked at
and cared for. Oik streams of crime oro increasing
into torrents nnd they threaten to overwhelm us.—
Tho facts wo have given, startling ns they arc, can
not ho denied. Official documents prove them.
Road and ponder.
The Wine State.—A correspondent of a Now
York paper says that the Mosilla Valley Is already
celebrated for its unequalled gropes. This territory
Is copablo of producing wine enough to supply die
demand of America and Europe, and not Inferior In 1
quality In that ofMadorla? if It bo attended to with'
euro and skill. The grapes are of the best quality
ond when properly cured, boemno the very best nil*,
sins In (ho world. It is from fill* sequestered vuf/oy I
tliul the United Stairs and (ho rest of the world will
goldio wine that will throw M-iderin and Sherry
wines, and (huso of France, complrlrly Into the
houses of the Josuils In
California, In former limes, were renowned for the ‘ 1
excellence of (hoir (vinos. pbJcb, indeed, If wo mav i
believe the accounts of trovellore, excelled those of t
any other part of the world. • [
litem# efjicm#.
By tho accounts In lhe papers, the tobacco cron in
Kentucky and Tennessee bids fair to be a very poor
one.
The Sioux and 6ther adjoining tribes have con
sented to sell their lands, and move further up tlio
Minnesota river.
’Msj Lewis Cass, /r, U. S. Charge d'Afiaires, at
Rome, who recently returned from Europe, has or.
rived at Detroit, on a visit to his father's family,—
Wo rigrcl to learn that Senator Cuss is quite incon.
soluble on tho decease of his estimable wifei
A Dill, abolishing, capital ppn;ahntent,',pae&ed tho
Connecticut Senate on the 25th. It subsliluos solitary
, confinement, with a provision that tlio convict shall
not bo pardoned, unless new evidence bis ionov
ccnco transpires, ' *
Tub Peach, or EirftoPE Advices from Constant).
noplo announce that firmans scouring complete cman.
cipalions to tho clergy of alt the non Mahometan
confession*, have been drawn up by the Ministry, and
submitted to tho Sultan's inspection. ' New firmans
concerning the civil rights of Christian laymen,of all
names, woro also preparing.
OfiEGON and Fifty-four Forty.— Tho correspond
dent of (he Journal ofConamcrce says that a propo
sition will bo mode to purchase that portion of Orc
gon which, in 1844, was declared (o bo unquwilon
ubly ours, but was subsequently yielded to Greet
Britain.
Filling Up.— Washington Torrltort Is rapidly
filling up willi emigrants. Thera ard fifteen saw-;
mills in operation in tho territory, besides several
others in contemplation. A largo number ofpertuntf
ore engaged in tho lumber business, which has in*
creased very greatly.
Tho Christians in Turkey are sild to be daily in.
creasing in wealth, power, knowledge' and enter
prise, and, in the fullness of appointed time, U is not
unlikely that they will supercede (ho Turks as tho
dominant race.
Scarcity oe Hands.—A general inconvenience it
experienced by llio farmers of Bucks County for wan I
of sufficient help lo gather in their crops. They arc
introducing iho mowing and reaping machine.
The Crain Crops at Iho South appear promising
gennerally. There have been fine rains in mony
sections, promising an abundant yield.
Railroad Accident.—On Friday last, tho baggogo
iind mail curs on tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
were thrown off tho track, near Fellorman, Va., in
consequence of running over a cow. Mr. Wiley, at*
incited to the train, was tho only person injured.
There are 109 public schools in the city of New
YorU, under the immediate control of tho board of
education, 100,001) children attend the schools—
llio daily average attendance being ono huff that
number. The Free Academy has 500 students, 13
professors, and a number of tutors.
The City of Mexico contains a population of about
two hundred thousand. Two third* of ptapula
nun arc said lo consist of low Mexican h'alf breeds
and Indians, whoso morals and habits of fiTo much
resemble iho blacks of tho Sdulh.
A Cincinnati paper complains grealfy Of Hi 6 ad*
vancc in the prices of alt tho staple articles of living
in that City. Tho causes of tho change are not very
obvious. Whatever mny bo tho Cuuso, marketing
to day. and marketing seven years ago, or 6 Wbnder
lully different things, in their effects upon (lie pock,
ci.
New Wheat.—The first sample of new wheat ap
peared on Change in New York on Tuciday last—
It is earlier by several day* than at any previous
season. Tho parcel consisted of sixty bags of Geor
gia,
An editor in Paris, who had published an article,
evincing a certain degree of attachment to flcnf) V.,
.md confidence that all woQld yet come .right, has
received a warning for expressing a * Culpable sod
anti national hope.'
A Little Girl named Maria Wilkins, was stung to
death by hornets, ot Fort Ancient, Ohio, on Sunday.
Her brothers were throwing stones at (he nest, and
ran away, while she became a victim to the infurla
uled insects.
The Cumberland Coal Miners.—Tho Cumberland
AUeghanian says that litllo or nothing lias been
dorm during (he past week at tne Coal mines, orv ac
count of tho strike. An effort lo compromise mutters
hud been partially successful, and-mostofiiM.muincji
bid resumed work ot an advance of three cents per
ton. Tho total coal forwarded for tho week amount
ed to 7,521 tons.
Defeat of the Maine Law.—The designs of (he
temperance folks hove again been defeated ib Con*
ncclicu). A' Bit?, based on llio Maine Uw, was on
Thursday so amended in the House of representative#
of tiiut Smto, as to give town and city outhotitir#
power to license llu sale of liquor, and in this shapa
(ho measure was adopted by a majority often.
There ard four liundrcd and fifty persons annually
found drowned in Now York city. There accident*'
uru attributed to tiie groggcrics. A stupid sot, after
j attouizmg a groggery to a lute hour in the night, ii
ihrubl uut into the darkness and left to care for him
self. Ue tumbles into o>o river, and Hid next thing hi*
drowned body ' turns up,' giving- wdtk and fees to
the Coioncr.
Look Oor, Girls.— At the Stole Eulr to ho fie -
at Pittsburg, In September next, there will bo a pre
mium offered to girls undei twenty.one years of age
(and wo never saw ono boyound that yet,) of a silver'
cup for the boat led' pmjnds of butter, und for the
second heat, n pair of silver butter kniv'es. For tfld
bent fivo pounds of butler, u But of silver teaspoons,
and lor the second best, a silver cup.
j The Washington Correspondent of iho Now YoiK
Courier says the decided conduct at Washington,
with reference to the fisheries, and the firm yet con
ciliatory representations of Mr. Murcy, have produc
ed a Buppension of proceedings on the part of tfie
English (igaint the fishing vessels In the disputed
waters There is now o dear prospect of a speedy
and ealiafjcUiry adjustment.
An Electric Ladt.— The German pnpcraglvc sn
account of an Auntriiin lady who is so charged with
electricity that sparks arc constant/ giving out ot
her finger ends, II in suldolt* (hat a* lady is found
Tending sparks away from her, lhough*il is a com
mon nttribulo of the sox to ottroct sparks, and even
to twirl them round the linger with the utmost ease.
Wo suspect (hat the account in tho German paper*
is, lilts the electric ludy herself, a little overcharged.
At Greenwood Cemetery, NoW York, oigtilcdn IS
trnnonls tnko place daily, and passing - tiie gntow*y.
from mottling till night, is a nearly unbroken lUioof
funeral processions. During a small portion of Iho
your tho dally number of interments reaches twenty
I five nr thirty. The total number orinlcrmonls since
, its f»r»l vrg.n>\z ilinn lo the prcncnl lime, is twenty
six thousand four hundred and seventy. The Drs\
interment took pluce in September, 1840.
I The Nuw Hampshire Legislature decided on Thurr
day, that it was inexpedient to legislate Upon the
suhjt 01 of procuring tho portrait of Daniel Webster
and Levi Woodbury, to ho placed in the Semis
House.
An ' Exhibitor’ writes a savage loiter (o the Lon
don Times, complaining that (ho Now York Exhib
ition is not opened, nnd advises the Earle of Elies
mere nnd hie follow Commissioners to come homo in
disgust.
A fast train on the Pennsylvania railroad, when
near Oroenshurg, lately, it is said, ran ten miles in
seven and a half minutes, which Is at (ho rate of
eighty miles an hour.
I It is reported that Judge Win. Fowler Smith, of
California, has been appointed Commissioner to the
Sandwich Islands.
I EM Lewis, E«j., has been elected President of
I York County Bunk, in place of John G. Camp-
I boll, resigned.
A loiter received in Washington stales that Louis
Napoleon baa determined to espouse the cause of
Switzerland, and that this will save that country
from (ho expected war. 1
FiHy imported sheep, valued at ton thousand del*
lore, were recently billed on tho Burlington >* D “
Rutland railroad.
The Catholic Bishop ofSl. Louis has publicly stsl*'
od, that iho odious opinions !n regard to roligi" l '*
toleration, expressed by (lie Catholic newspaper o *
that city, entitled ’.Shepherd of the Valley,’ mep*
with no countenance from him, (hut ho has no f° n '
(rot over the l>aper, as its editor «nd proprietor !» 1
laymen, ohd that ho alone Is responsible for
sontlmopls which arc as repugnant to (ho feelings o *
: American Catholics as they can ho (o Protestant*